Empires of the Word A Language History of the World

9780060935726

ISBN:

0060935723

Pub Date: 2006Publisher: Harpercollins

Summary: Nicholas Ostler's Empires of the Word is the first history of the world's great tongues, gloriously celebrating the wonder of words that binds communities together and makes possible both the living of a common history and the telling of it. From the uncanny resilience of Chinese through twenty centuries of invasions to the engaging self-regard of Greek and to the struggles that gave birth to the languages of modern ...Europe, these epic achievements and more are brilliantly explored, as are the fascinating failures of once "universal" languages. A splendid, authoritative, and remarkable work, it demonstrates how the language history of the world eloquently reveals the real character of our planet's diverse peoples and prepares us for a linguistic future full of surprises.

Ostler, Nicholas is the author of Empires of the Word A Language History of the World, published 2006 under ISBN 9780060935726 and 0060935723. One hundred seventeen Empires of the Word A Language History of the World textbooks are available for sale on ValoreBooks.com, fifty seven used from the cheapest price of $2.81, or buy new starting at $13.06.[read more]

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